“As a result of monitoring in the Russian Federation, two cases of new coronavirus infection were detected among newcomers of the PRC, no new cases were registered,” the statement said.

Earlier it was reported that in China recorded the first death of a foreigner from a coronavirus. It turned out to be a 60-year-old US citizen.

On February 9, it became known that the Chinese authorities decided to give the new type of coronavirus the provisional name Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (NCP).